“SDGs Game Fest” was initiated by Charoen Pokphand Group (C.P. Group) in cooperation with True Digital Plus Co., Ltd., and partners from the public, private, civil society sectors in collaboration with online game developers. The contest represents Thailand’s first ever game design contest aimed at raising awareness amongst youth and the public of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that covers challenging social and environmental issues the world is currently faced with. 

After an extensive contest that started in November 2020 and concluded in July 2021, through four rounds of game concept selection, idea pitching, alpha and beta tests, judges from the public, private and civil society sectors selected “THAItan” developer of the game “Trashed” as the winner. An entertaining and informative game that promotes waste storing and recycling.

The winner was awarded a certificate and THB 200,000, while the game will be further developed with a budget of THB 15 million under the supervision of True Axion Interactive. Runner-ups of the contest included “Hey, Elon I need a Tesla” who created the game “Starventure” and the team “Have5” with their game “Seasonal Dairy Go”, both were awarded with certificates and a prize of THB 50,000. 

Mr. Viranon Futrakul, Vice President of Global Partnership for Sustainability and Communications at Charoen Pokphand Group Co., Ltd. and coordinator of the SDGs Game Fest congratulated the winner the contest and provided encouragement to all participants of the competition. All teams showed great creativity, enthusiasm, and passion for sustainable development even though some participants did not possess game-design experience. With over 100 teams participating in the competition, the interest reflected how game developers could play a role in promoting the SDGs and its importance through gameplay for all ages around the world. Mr. Viranon further added that the winning game “Trashed” will be further developed by True Axion Interactive and will be promoted at the Thailand Game Show 2022. 

“We hope that online games can become an alternative means to communicating the values of sustainable development to youth, the public and the gaming industry not only in Thailand but also abroad. It is our goal to share this game to other countries around the world through our partners” Mr. Viranon said.

The winner of the “SDGs Game Fest”, THAItan has 5 members comprising of Vorapon Kachapornkul aged 19, Anat Lokaew aged 19, Poonyaporn Suthamporn aged 18, Pandita Suthamporn aged 23, and Kunawat Vitoorapakorn aged 22. The team expressed that they were glad and proud of winning the competition. They said that their goal was to create a game that benefits society. The team also reflected that through the contest, they gained experienced from making a game from scratch to blending it with the SDGs. The game “Trashed” consists of 3 SDGs which are responsible consumption and production, climate action, conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas, and marine resources.

Vorapon Kachapornkul, one of the team members, said Trashed is a game that educates players by following Japan’s system where its people are taught to sort waste from a young age with an excellent waste management system. Trashed is a multiplayer game where players will play as a recycle plant worker named “Kai” whose duties are to collect garbage from the city and water sources, then bring the collected garbage to different plants that recycle different materials and use recycled materials to make useful items in a limited time frame. Vorapon revealed that the higher score means the faster player can finish the game which means they must remember the details of the recycling process like how each material goes into a specific recycling machine.

“We aimed to develop a fun and easy-to-understand game that helps people to learn the goals of the SDGs. As a result of having my relatives and friends try out the alpha and beta versions of the game, everyone had fun, understood, and perceived each goal of the SDGs more clearly. It’s because the game not only educates knowledge on waste management and SDGs but also educates public awareness. I hope that when people play our team’s game, which will be launched in 2022, they will have fun and create a good future for a sustainable world together.” said Vorapon.

Meanwhile, Pandita and Poonyaporn Suthamporn who have been responsible for the game’s contents said by being part of making an SDG game, they had a chance to learn about the waste management process as closely as in a recycling plant. They learned every step of how each piece of garbage was recycled before designing the game that is easy to understand with practical and useful SDGs people can do daily.

Mr.Sakol Cheewakoset, vice chairman for agro-industrial business of CPF Philippines update the progress of the business and collaboration programs involving farming development to Agriculture Secretary William Dar.

The Agriculture Secretary admired CPF Philippines for the achievement of numerous projects to help improve Filipinos’ quality of life by building stable careers and income. CPF Philippines has provided knowledge and transferred modern technology to smallholder farmers in a bid to deliver sufficient of high quality and hygiene food to people. The Agriculture Secretary also expressed his appreciation to the company for continually contributing the benefit to the Filipinos’ access to affordable, sufficient safe and nutritious food and driving the country’s sustainable economy.

Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CPF) has won the Ministry of Public Health’s praise for the successful implementation of the Bubble and Seal measure, in line with the government’s aim to safeguard industrial plants’ workers and neighboring communities against COVID-19 infections. 

During his recent visit to CPF’s processing plant in Klaeng District, Rayong province, Dr. Sathit Pitutecha, Deputy Minister of Public Health, praised the Company for the correct implementation of public health measures that concern workers and workplace. CPF has exceeded standard measures at some points and is exemplary in situation management, particularly the speedy and efficient implementation of the Bubble and Seal measure, he said. 

The Ministry of Public Health recently launched the Bubble and Seal measure following the new COVID-19 wave. It is designed specifically to contain the situation at industrial plants that house a large number of workers. Under the measure, while the infected receive medical treatment at field hospitals, other workers with negative test results are separated from risk groups. 

In line with factory quarantine, workers with negative test results will be transported to provided accommodations, to reduce risks of infection during their travel.  There will be no cross-group work and workers are prohibited from venturing out of the workplace or provided accommodations, to quickly control the infections and allow continuous operations. Bubble and Seal has won supports from various organizations, to ensure uninterrupted production. 

Mr. Prasit Boondoungprasert, Chief Executive Officer of CPF, noted that the COVID-19 outbreak put grave pressure on people and the economy. Under the vision of “Kitchen of the World”, CPF takes it as a duty to keep business running to ensure food safety and food security. 

“We have strictly followed the government’s measures to keep our workers safe and ensure no infections at our premises, under our goal to keep our supply chain safe from the disease so that we can continue producing safe food and continuously satisfying food demands no matter what,” he said. 

For the safety of workers and all food products, all workers are 100% vaccinated. 

At CPF’s processing plants, control measures have been exercised from the entrance. All workers are tested for COVID-19 prior to entering the workplace. At the production lines, proper cleaning and disinfection is carried out, along with other touch surfaces in line with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), as food safety has been the emphasis of Thailand’s health authorities. 

Prior to starting their jobs, all workers must have their temperature measured. Anyone with temperature above 37.30C or having any symptom is immediately subjected to quarantine. 

The plants establish continuous communications with workers about control measures and regularly review their understanding. The plants are regularly cleaned and disinfected in line with the Ministry of Public Health’s guidelines, under provincial health offices’ supervision. Swab tests are conducted on a weekly basis on all frequently-touched surfaces, to trace COVID-19. Other control measures have been strengthened to the maximum level. 

Mr. Prasit added that stringent control measures are the only way to quickly ease the situation, as CPF is striving to uninterruptedly proceed with its safe food production duty for all consumers. Under the Bubble and Seal measure, all in the supply chain will be shielded from negative impacts and at the end it will help sail Thai society through this health crisis.  

“We are doing everything to protect both our workers and nearby communities as well as all consumers,” Mr. Prasit concluded.

Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CP Foods) proceeds with animal farm “SEAL” along with other safety measures to safeguard workers and protect animals from significant diseases. The emphasis is placed on the sharing of knowledge to ensure food safety and food security.

Mr. Somporn Jermpong, executive vice president for swine business of CPF, said that CPF has been imposing strict disease monitoring and control measures at all animal farms. One of the measures is to seal the farms to prevent and control diseases. The control measures are even strengthened to the maximum level following the COVID-19 pandemic, to protect both animals and staff. These measures particularly concern the biosecurity system which is the focal point of such control, along with continuous training for staff and contract farmers.

“CPF has continually shared our techniques, approaches and measures against diseases in pigs and COVID-19 with contract farmers. We have shared our knowledge, organized farm audit and hosted online training programs. Our goal is the farmers possess accurate knowledge and practices that can be applied with their farms to lessen business risks and keep their business going. The farmers are also encouraged to seal their farms, by arranging staff accommodations inside the premises and ensuring proper living conditions and food supply. Farmers should also make use of the closed circuit TV system that allows monitoring through cameras and less human visits to  farm buildings. That will keep animals safe from diseases and ensure food safety as well as food security,” Mr. Somporn said.

Regarding the poultry business, Mr.Somkid Wannalukkhee, senior vice president of CP Foods, added that aside from strengthened biosecurity measures at all farms and restrictions on workers’ exit and visitors’ entry, the focus is placed on COVID-19 measures that highlight personal hygiene, social distancing, requirements for face masks and hand washing which have become the daily routines of all. Adjustments have been made to fit current circumstances: for example; preparations are arranged prior to activity dates; activities are organized outdoor; all workers keep distance and use personal utensils; only hot dishes are served; and frequently-touched areas are cleaned more frequently.

“CP Foods has strictly exercised maximum measures and properly applied control measures. We have launched a campaign to educate workers and contract farmers on disease control, to raise their awareness in the importance of control measures. Then, they will be ready for work and protect themselves against COVID-19. The food supply chain will then be saved, both in normal situations and times of crisis,” Mr. Somkid said./

Fortinet helps organizations of all sizes reduce the level of risk and impact at global standards

Dr. Rattipong Putthacharoen
Senior Manager, Systems Engineering
Fortinet

17 August 2021

Organizations of all sizes in Thailand are moving towards digitalization and developing their own personal data protection systems to comply with the Personal Data Protection Act of 2019 (PDPA). The Cabinet approved postponing the full enforcement of the Thai Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) for one further year due to the severe outbreak of COVID 19 in Thailand. Organizations then are looking for the robust, comprehensive, standard and easy to begin with solution.

Referring to the Thailand Data Protection Guideline V3.0 Extension developed by the Faculty of Law at Chulalongkorn University guiding how organizations in Thailand can implement the granular personal data protection system, Fortinet recommends the organizations begin with Risk Assessment.

Risk assessment is an essential activity that helps the organizations to develop adequate measures in three aspects: confidentiality, integrity and high availability of the data. By assessing the threat occurrence probability together with the impact, the organization will obtain their risk level that can be high, medium or low. Such risk level then leads to the exercise to identify 3 strategic security pillars that are process, technology and human resources (people) appropriately for each area, to achieve the policy objectives determined by chief information security officer and security personnel.

Organizations should carefully evaluate suitable implementations that meet specific business requirements, compliance, and other related measure controls. The small and medium enterprises may consider designing additional granular security processes to technology and people pillars to help reduce the risk, such as establishing a clear definition of the right for high-privilege user accounts or least privilege access, and so on.   

After security risk level assessment, the organizations will be able to define further appropriate organizational security measures and technical security measures. The organizational security measures shall include 3 strategic concerns, for instance. Firstly, security management covers the relevant policy and procedure guidance as well as roles and responsibilities, etc. definition. Secondly, the incident response and business continuity management are needed to handle the threat incidents and personal data breach events. Lastly, human resources management normally requires the organizations to provide their employees the regular information security training sessions and promoting secure environments, for example. 

Technical measures can be defined as the measures and controls afforded to systems and any technological aspect of an organization, such as devices, networks and hardware. Protecting such aspects is crucial for the security of personal data and is the best line of defense against data breaches. Here are the most common technical measures the organizations should consider: 

1. Access control and authentication – Prevent the unauthorized access to information systems processing the personal data, and strictly control access using two-factor authentication (2FA) etc., for high-risk organizations.
2. Logging and monitoring – Collect and monitor the user activities and files containing PII, to be used as evidence if any access, use, alteration, or modification occurs
3. Security of data at rest – Protect stored data in computers, servers and database systems by deploying data encryption, etc.
4. Network/communication security – Network security should be implemented regardless of the size and scope of your organisation. Firewalls, IPS, NAC as well as data encryption applications are cost effective and important. 
5. Back-ups – Backing up is an activity that allows an organization to recover corrupted data. High-risk organizations should consider more frequent backups and solid encryption for data stored in the backup device, etc.
6. Mobile/portable devices – Prevent risks from mobile devices, smartphones or tablets by verifying your identity before using the device and encrypting personal data on mobile devices, as well as enforcing the security policies on mobiles.
7. Application lifestyle security – Consider security to be deployed in the application lifecycle development, such as penetration test on applications and related systems as well as patching test evaluation before installing the actual patch, etc.
8. Data deletion/disposal – Take measures to delete or destroy personal data to make it irrecoverable. It should be overwritten several times and destroy the storage device, for example.
9. Physical security – Implement robust measures for securing access to any office or building and ensure that all employees are aware of such controls, which can include CCTV, security lighting and alarms in the zone that requires high security.

A frequently asked question to Fortinet is what additional tools or technologies organizations need to purchase? The answer is it depends upon the organization’s own risk level. The higher the risk, the more tools organizations will need to help. The small and medium-sized organizations with limited budgets may opt to establish the processes and people policy to help reduce the risk. Organizations with less risk require less tools as a result. Good news is many Fortinet security devices such as FortiGate, FortiWeb, or FortiMail contain data protection capabilities. Therefore, the organizations currently deploying Fortinet’s security appliances in complying to Cybersecurity Act (2019) or NIST, ENISA, ISO27001 frameworks, can deploy them for data protection purpose immediately. This empowers organizations to reduce their level of security risks and budget in tools procurement.

For example, a customer who is currently using the FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall together with additional technology and people resource programs, can turn DLP, 2FA, Breach Prevention functions to immediately reduce risks until reaching the acceptable level.  

On the other hand, the large enterprises with high risk shall need more tools to help reduce the time spent on identifying, responding to incidents, and on supporting the overburdened security personnel in the organization. In this case, Fortinet provides tools such as FortiSIEM, FortiSOAR to support the granular operations of large enterprises.

It is admitted the impact and damage to business and corporate reputation is invaluable. Although the Cabinet has extended the enforcement deadline of the PDPA Act, organizations still have to accelerate the completion of PDPA solutions. You need to do your best to ensure the security of personal data you handle and be able to prove it. Fortinet can bring its experience, expertise and industry-leading products and services to help organizations meet the personal data protection requirement of the businesses of all types.